The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Plagiarized existence exist
Among the writers of the word
Shake your spear at Shakespeare
Shake your spear at Shakespeare
Loud and noisy
Strong refrigerators
Gaining independence
Gaining independence
Stupid people do stupid things
Smart people outsmart each other
Then themselves, then themselves
Then themselves, then themselves
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
The devil is so lovely
The devil is so lovely
So lovely
So lovely
My blue moon rivets in exits
Forewarned customary spirits
By myself, by myself
By myself, by myself
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
Among the writers of the word
Shake your spear at Shakespeare
Shake your spear at Shakespeare
Loud and noisy
Strong refrigerators
Gaining independence
Gaining independence
Stupid people do stupid things
Smart people outsmart each other
Then themselves, then themselves
Then themselves, then themselves
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
The devil is so lovely
The devil is so lovely
So lovely
So lovely
My blue moon rivets in exits
Forewarned customary spirits
By myself, by myself
By myself, by myself
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
Take me down there
Photographic relapse
People feeding frenzy
The devil is so lovely
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OK, I might be way off to the real meaning of the song, but Im just going to write my opinion and I sure as hell though alot about this.
To start this, i am first going to tell you that the title is not "Ddevils" its "Ddevil". The reason its "Ddevil" with 2 D's its because all of their songs are produced by "Ddevils Music" so i just think thats where they got the idea of putting 2 D's on the title.
The booklet thingy that comes with the cd has song dedication/meanings after the lyrics, and for this song it says "-for those that control the central nervous system, control society, and the world" I think this song is just an example of what he means when he says "for those who control the world", and it has to do with religion. At first, what i say isnt going to make any sense but in the end i think you will be able to put the pieces together.
"Plagiarized existence exist, among the writers of the word" - Plagiarized means when you Copy something (idea or writing) and then use it as your own. He is saying that the existence of plagiarize exists in between the people who wrote the word itself. So into simple words, the church/temple or whatever isnt the house of god or anything, they are just using him to get what they want. "Shake your spear at Shakespeare" - People are getting pissed at the people who started this all. (shit man, really hard to explain)
I am still trying to understand whats with the "loud and noisy, strong refrigerators, gainings independence" but im working on that. And if you have any idea how that can be related to my opinion please post it.
"Stupid people do stupid things" - He is saying that people belive whatever they are told. For example, just because Jesus or anyone else said they were God's son, that doesnt really make it so, but they belived it. "Smart people outsmart eachother" - These are the people that said they were god, these are the people who were smarter then anyone else and knew that the Stupid would belive them. "Then themselves, then themselves" - The smart people lied so much that they dont even know the truth anymore.
"Take me down there, photographic relapse, people feeding frenzy" - He wants to slip back inot the years when all this started and see who feeded this bullshit into peoples mind.
"My blue moon rivets in exits, forewarned customary spirits" - This is the hardest line i had to think about on this song. I got a littel help from InSaNiTyX. I am still 50% i am wrong but you know what, TRY FINDING IT OUT YOURSELF! Ok what he is saying is that all this new stuff thats written like the bible is way in the back of the line, he belives the usual stuff based on trdition, something that was always done!
Finally finished, Instead of doing my Home Work or anything like that, i deal with this crap that no one is going to care about! And by the way, this isnt my favorite song, PLUCK is, so go check out the lyrics for that song.